Mother's Day Weekend

On Friday night Rowena kept Abigail. Adam and I taped up the baseboard and crown molding in the family room. Saturday morning we moved all of the furniture out of the room and painted it. The condo had orange walls and I lived with them for more than two years. When we bought this place I told Adam that I was not going to live with the orange paint that long again. We painted the family/play room the same green color as the living room. It looks and feels a lot cooler without the blazing orange walls.

BEFORE

AFTER

For mother's day Adam made me breakfast and dinner. We spent the early afternoon at church, had a good nap, and then visited Adam's parents after dinner.

A rose on my bush. I thought it looked especially nice for Mother's Day.

Abigail in her "Minnie Mouse" dress. Everyone kept telling me she looked like Minnie. I thought this was interesting because when I first received the dress (it was handed down, but brand new) I thought it would be cute for her to wear when meeting Mickey and Minnie this summer.

Standing. Abigail took her first steps on March 25th. Since then she has been honing her walking and standing skills. She has become especially good at standing. Yet, whenever she stands for a long period I never have the camera convenient. I finally got a picture of her just standing. Happy Mother's Day to me!

Abigail giving Grandma her card. In the corner you can see her helping Grandma open it by chewing on the envelope.


Abigail walking across the floor. Look at the pictures from left to right to see her move to me.

Abigail stands to play with Grandpa.

Abigail and me. Adam took this picture, it's kind of fuzzy. Rowena took some with her camera too; I'm hoping she has a better one I can steal.

Early May

Here are a few random pictures of Abigail. She is getting very hard to photograph. She spends most of the day crawling and playing on the floor. But it is not easy to capture a moving target. I often get a lot of head turns and blurry movement pictures.

Abigail reaches for the camera almost every time she sees it now.

The Flash strikes again. Just stay still!


I gave Abigail a bath in the bathtub in her bathroom. Usually I bathe her in the baby tub, but I wanted to see if she was ready for the big tub. She seemed a bit confused. She did not enjoy it as much as she normally does, perhaps she was just cranky though.

I made homemade maccaroni and cheese. Abigail ate all of her broccoli before eating the strange yellow stuff. She did the same thing the next day. I guess she just likes broccoli better.

A little bed head in the morning.

Spring Blossoms

For Earth day Lowes was giving away free trees, which here in Vegas happene to be mini palms. Adam and I went and got two of them to plant. They are really just the bulb and a tiny stick. We also picked up some tomato and pepper plants for only $0.50 a piece. The Monday following Easter we planted the plants in our backyard in the back corner. This was a pretty good place for planting as the walls block some of the sun. Also, it appears that someone else planted something there before as the soil is in pretty decent shape.

Our little gardening assistant.

Adam digging the holes.


Our happy plants in their new home.

The first tree we planted. Once it gets bigger, assuming it does, we can move it to the yard.

It's been three weeks and my vegetables are looking good. It hasn't been too hot yet though. My trees don't look like much. Not sure what to do to get them growing.

Easter Weekend

The day before Easter we went over to Adam's parents. His brother John and his family had driven up from Utah to spend the holiday. Abigail had a lot of fun watching all of her older cousins run around. Adam and Abby had fun playing in the backyard with the other kids.

The Easter Bunny came and hid 7 eggs for Abigail to find. She found them all and proceeded to chew on them until I put them in the carton for her. I let her have her plastic egg to chew on when she was done. There was also a basket with bubbles and a treat for her, plus a pretty pink ball.

The table is set for breakfast. I had a present for Abigail on her tray. I also got Adam a few boxes of Peeps, his favorite.

Abigail's first hard-boiled egg. She picked it up and took a huge bite out of it. The picture in the corner shows just how huge. Then she proceeded to choke and gag.

Abigail dressed and ready for church.

Abigail plays with her new ball.

Spring Break

My mom came to visit for Spring Break. We had a nice week long break. One day we drove up to the Lake Mead area to take a hike through the old railroad tunnels. The railroad was used to transport materials during the building of the Hoover Dam. Now the rails are gone, but the tunnels are still there.

One of the tunnels we walked through. There are 5 total along the trail.

Last summer we visited that marina with my parents. We never knew this trail was above.

Adam decided to climb some rocks on the way back. Mom, Abby, and I stayed below.

We stopped at the Hoover Dam to eat our picnic lunch. Adam, Abby, and I posed for a family picture. Look to the left and you can see a tiny piece of the new "monsterous" bridge they built.

Abby was happy to have Grandma's extra attention.

Posing!

Trying to climb the stairs.

Early April

Some pictures from early April:




These two pictures were taken at the Church Easter Party the weekend before Easter. Abby found two brightly colored eggs. She found them great for chewing on.

So this is where all of my Cheerios go...

Big Grin!

This is not a great picture, but you can clearly see Abby's first two teeth.

Abby's first pigtails.

She sleeps cute.

I love this picture, she looks so mischevious.

Abby Jumping

This is how Adam typically finds Abigail after her naps.

Marching Right Along

Abigail just keeps growing up. She has one tooth, just one, on the bottom left. She can now wave bye-bye and sign for milk. She can also get down from a sitting position and back up to a sitting position. She has started to pull herself up to a standing position, and even let go of my hands Friday and took 3 steps away. She crawls everywhere. It used to be that she wanted to hold onto our hands and walk and jump around. Now she pulls herself away from us so she can scoot around on the floor and do her own thing. She has begun to mimic the things we do and say also. One day she decided to play peak-a-boo with us. Except we don't play by covering our hands, we play by hiding behind something (such as a wall) and then reappearing. So she hid behind the bar of her play pen and repeatedly peaked out at us. She sent herself into a giggling fit. She has recently expressed interest in the cat as well. Below are some random pictures from this month.

Adam swings on the monkey bars with Abigail in tow.

Abigail standing in her play pen.

Crashed! She still enjoys her reflection. She also loves to play with the sink faucet. This can make giving her a bath difficult some times. Dressed for church one Sunday. A different Sunday, in her crib. Sitting on the couch. We put Abigail in her jumper while we were working on the base board and chair rail in our room. She spun herself around until the cord was tight, then lifted her feet and let the swing unwind. It was entertaining for all of us. After dinner today, still dressed for church. Imitating us. ROAR! I just liked this picture. Adam after church a few Sunday's ago. Looking something up.

After several nice weeks, the weather turned cold again. Breez's birthday party was outside at a park and the wind was awful. We borrowed this jacket from Elliot. Abigail was ready for her skateboard debut. Breez, Isabel, and 2 of Breez's friends. One of her friends was actually a student in my school. Her mother teaches first grade 2 doors down from me. Such a small world.

Pictures from Diaz Elementary Literacy Night Adam participates in an impromptu readers theater in front of parents and students. Ms. Payne, dressed as the Cat in the Hat, visited my room twice to hold Abby and Max for pictures. Two of the kindergarten teachers dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 with Ms. Payne. They visited students throughout the evening.

The event was during Abby's dinner time so Adam fed her in my classroom where I was hosting reading BINGO.

Army Crawling Abby

Abby is getting better and better at crawling since she has actually decided she wants to do it.